as i remember, there's no mention of motorcycles at all in his autobiographic account of the arab war, the seven pillars of wisdom. i'm sure the dispatch people were everywhere, but he mostly kept himself and his interests as much to the side as he could in that piece.

that's a book every bit as dense with content as james joyce's ulysses. i've never made it all the way to the end of either one-i end up overwhelmed before i get there.